ALAY LAKAD 2013: berliner MAUERWEG
Description and Objectives of the Project
“Alay Lakad” is a Filipino term that means “Walk-for-a-Cause”. This project aims to acquaint interested participants about the Berlin Wall and its role in German history while fostering camaraderie among participants. This walking endeavour of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) Germany e.V. also aims to raise funds for a good cause. This year’s cause of the Alay-Lakad 2013: Berliner Mauerweg is to raise funds for transporting school supplies shared by German school children to needy Filipino school children in the Philippines for the school year 2014.
“Alay Lakad” is a Filipino term that means “Walk-for-a-Cause”. This project aims to acquaint interested participants about the Berlin Wall and its role in German history while fostering camaraderie among participants. This walking endeavour of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) Germany e.V. also aims to raise funds for a good cause. This year’s cause of the Alay-Lakad 2013: Berliner Mauerweg is to raise funds for transporting school supplies shared by German school children to needy Filipino school children in the Philippines for the school year 2014.
Join the Alay Lakad
Anybody fit to walk for 3-4 hours can join UPAA Germany in tracing part of the Berlin Wall on September 21, 2013 (Saturday), 1pm-5pm. A minimum donation of 5 Euro is requested from each participant for the Alay Lakad cause. The meeting point is at the Nordbahnhof S-bahn station at the area of the Ghost Station Exhibition. To easily spot the group, please look for a tour flag with the Philippine and Germany flags. The walking tour will start with a visit to the Berlin Wall Memorial and will end at Bornholmer Strasse S-bahn station. Please see the pink line in the map on the left for guide on the walking route.
Donations can be deposited to UPAA Germany e.V.’s bank account (see below) on or before September 21, 2013 or it can also be directly given at the start of the walking tour to the project coordinators.
We encourage participants to register for the activity on or before September 15, 2013 so we could determine in advance the expected attendees. During the walk, there will be trivia questions that would be given by the coordinators about the Berlin wall. The participant who first answers correctly a trivia question will receive a surprise gift. To register for the activity, please click on this link.
Anybody fit to walk for 3-4 hours can join UPAA Germany in tracing part of the Berlin Wall on September 21, 2013 (Saturday), 1pm-5pm. A minimum donation of 5 Euro is requested from each participant for the Alay Lakad cause. The meeting point is at the Nordbahnhof S-bahn station at the area of the Ghost Station Exhibition. To easily spot the group, please look for a tour flag with the Philippine and Germany flags. The walking tour will start with a visit to the Berlin Wall Memorial and will end at Bornholmer Strasse S-bahn station. Please see the pink line in the map on the left for guide on the walking route.
Donations can be deposited to UPAA Germany e.V.’s bank account (see below) on or before September 21, 2013 or it can also be directly given at the start of the walking tour to the project coordinators.
We encourage participants to register for the activity on or before September 15, 2013 so we could determine in advance the expected attendees. During the walk, there will be trivia questions that would be given by the coordinators about the Berlin wall. The participant who first answers correctly a trivia question will receive a surprise gift. To register for the activity, please click on this link.
Documentation photos of
the Alay Lakad might be featured in
UPAA Germany’s newsletter, website and/or other publications. Participants who
will join the activity agree to be included in the photo documentation.
Link to photo documentation.
Project contact person: J.Lozano-Kühne
UPAA Germany e.V. Account:
KONTOINHABER/Account Name: UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GERMANY e.V.
KONTO NR/Account Number: 2109163
BLZ: 50950068
BANK: SPARKASSE BENSHEIM
IBAN: DE89 5095 0068 0002 1091 63
BIC: HELADEF1BEN
*Please specify in the deposit reason: “Donation – Alay Lakad Berlin 2013”
Link to photo documentation.
Project contact person: J.Lozano-Kühne
UPAA Germany e.V. Account:
KONTOINHABER/Account Name: UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GERMANY e.V.
KONTO NR/Account Number: 2109163
BLZ: 50950068
BANK: SPARKASSE BENSHEIM
IBAN: DE89 5095 0068 0002 1091 63
BIC: HELADEF1BEN
*Please specify in the deposit reason: “Donation – Alay Lakad Berlin 2013”